ARLINGTON — Karen Tesmer spent months learning to walk again after a stroke paralyzed the left side of her body last year. But that wasn’t the only form of mobility Tesmer wanted to regain. The Grand Prairie assistant principal said she quickly realized once she returned home that she didn’t want to depend on her family and friends long-term to get to work, doctors’ appointments or any other place she wanted to go. “I was stranded at home,” said Tesmer, 51. “I said, ‘I can’t live like this.’ I need my independence.” In January, Tesmer became one of the first patients to complete Texas...
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